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           Holiness.
           Christian ethics -- Early works to 1800.
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           HOW
           FAR
           HOLINESSE
           IS
           THE
           DESIGN
           OF
           CHRISTIANITY
           .
        
         
           Where
           the
           Nature
           of
           Holiness
           and
           Morality
           is
           opened
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Justification
           ,
           Imputation
           of
           Sin
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           &c.
           partly
           cleared
           ,
           and
           Vindicated
           from
           Abuse
           .
        
         
           In
           certain
           Propositions
           ,
           returned
           to
           an
           unknown
           Person
           ,
           referring
           to
           Mr.
           Fowlers
           TREATISE
           on
           this
           SUBJECT
           .
        
         
           By
           
             RICHARD
             BAXTER
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             NEVILL
             SIMONS
          
           ,
           at
           the
           three
           Crowns
           at
           
             Holborn
             Conduit
          
           .
           1671.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Qu.
           Whether
           Holinesse
           be
           the
           only
           Design
           of
           Christianity
           ?
        
         
           
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               THe
               Sum
               of
               your
               Letter
               is
               ,
               
                 [
                 That
                 Mr.
                 Fowler
                 and
                 many
                 others
                 of
                 late
                 ,
                 by
                 crying
                 up
                 Holiness
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Only
                   Design
                   of
                   Christianity
                
                 ,
                 do
                 1.
                 give
                 us
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Holiness
                 as
                 is
                 but
                 the
                 meer
                 morality
                 of
                 a
                 Heathen
                 ,
                 [
                 A
                 sound
                 complexion
                 of
                 soul
                 ,
                 &c.
                 ]
                 2.
                 
                 And
                 that
                 they
                 greatly
                 obscure
                 or
                 drown
                 the
                 whole
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 our
                 Justification
                 ,
                 and
                 Adoption
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Christs
                 Satisfaction
                 and
                 imputed
                 Righteousness
                 ;
                 and
                 make
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 this
                 to
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 Christianity
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 they
                 tempt
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 can
                 but
                 imagine
                 that
                 
                   Seneca
                   ,
                   Antonine
                   ,
                   Epictetus
                   ,
                   Plutarck
                
                 or
                 Cicero
                 do
                 give
                 as
                 wise
                 and
                 wholsome
                 Precepts
                 of
                 Virtue
                 and
                 good
                 living
                 as
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 think
                 as
                 highly
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
                 4.
                 
                 That
                 hence
                 they
                 secretly
                 reproach
                 both
                 the
                 Imposers
                 of
                 Conformity
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Non-conformists
                 ,
                 and
                 magnifie
                 the
                 stretching
                 conscience
                 of
                 the
                 Passive
                 Latitudinarian
                 Conformist
                 as
                 the
                 only
                 wise
                 man
                 that
                 careth
                 for
                 none
                 of
                 these
                 little
                 things
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 they
                 secretly
                 undermine
                 all
                 Instituted
                 Ordinances
                 .
                 5.
                 
                 That
                 because
                 my
                 Aphorisms
                 and
                 other
                 Writings
                 have
                 had
                 some
                 hand
                 in
                 breeding
                 such
                 opinions
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 doubly
                 guilty
                 in
                 being
                 silent
                 now
                 they
                 spread
                 and
                 prosper
                 .
                 ]
              
               This
               being
               the
               sum
               
               of
               your
               Complaint
               ,
               I
               shall
               answer
               to
               all
               this
               in
               that
               manner
               as
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               requireth
               .
            
             
               In
               General
               ,
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               responsible
               for
               no
               mans
               Writings
               but
               my
               own
               ;
               Neither
               shall
               you
               hereby
               tempt
               me
               to
               become
               an
               Aristarchus
               ,
               and
               arrogant
               Censurer
               of
               other
               mens
               .
               This
               is
               all
               that
               I
               need
               to
               say
               of
               the
               Book
               you
               mention
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               of
               very
               much
               worth
               and
               use
               ,
               to
               call
               men
               more
               seriously
               to
               consider
               of
               the
               Design
               of
               mans
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               true
               Religion
               and
               Felicity
               :
               And
               though
               I
               will
               not
               defend
               every
               word
               in
               my
               own
               writings
               ,
               much
               less
               in
               other
               mens
               ,
               when
               I
               am
               not
               concerned
               ,
               yet
               I
               may
               say
               that
               I
               had
               rather
               perswade
               the
               Licencious
               of
               this
               age
               to
               the
               careful
               reading
               of
               that
               Book
               ,
               than
               turn
               it
               into
               matter
               of
               strife
               .
            
             
               But
               it
               is
               only
               my
               own
               judgment
               about
               the
               things
               in
               question
               which
               you
               can
               reasonably
               expect
               ;
               which
               I
               think
               the
               brevity
               requisite
               in
               a
               Letter
               directeth
               me
               to
               give
               you
               in
               certain
               self-evidencing
               coherent
               Propositions
               .
            
             
               Prop.
               1.
               
               GOD
               is
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               the
               Ruler
               and
               the
               End
               of
               all
               :
               
                 Of
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 through
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 him
                 are
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               word
               [
               Design
               ]
               doth
               signifie
               ,
               sometime
               the
               act
               of
               Intention
               ;
               sometime
               the
               
                 End
                 intended
              
               .
               In
               the
               Question
               it
               must
               needs
               signifie
               the
               later
               ,
               :
               Therefore
               instead
               of
               it
               I
               shall
               henceforth
               use
               that
               common
               word
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               By
               the
               End
               of
               Christianity
               I
               doubt
               not
               is
               meant
               ,
               1.
               
               The
               End
               of
               God
               and
               our
               Redeemer
               in
               the
               framing
               and
               imposing
               Christianity
               on
               mankind
               .
               2.
               
               The
               end
               which
               man
               is
               bound
               to
               intend
               in
               receiving
               and
               using
               Christianity
               .
               (
               These
               two
               are
               called
               
                 Finis
                 operantis
              
               .
               )
               3.
               
               And
               the
               end
               to
               which
               the
               frame
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               is
               adapted
               (
               which
               is
               called
               
                 Finis
                 operis
              
               .
               )
            
             
               4.
               
               Holiness
               in
               Creatures
               ,
               is
               their
               separation
               from
               common
               uses
               unto
               God
               :
               
                 Omne
                 sanctum
                 Deo
                 sanctum
                 est
              
               .
            
             
             
               5.
               
               Holiness
               in
               
                 Rational
                 free-agents
              
               ,
               is
               such
               a
               separation
               to
               God
               ,
               as
               is
               agreeable
               to
               their
               Natures
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Holiness
               is
               to
               be
               described
               with
               distinct
               respects
               .
               1.
               
               To
               the
               subject
               ,
               2.
               
               To
               the
               object
               .
               And
               1.
               s
               to
               the
               whole
               subject
               ,
               2.
               as
               to
               the
               distinct
               faculties
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Holiness
               in
               the
               whole
               subject
               is
               1.
               
               Active
               ,
               2.
               
               Dispositive
               or
               Habitual
               .
               3.
               
               Relative
               :
               or
               is
               In
               our
               Acts
               ,
               Habits
               &
               Relations
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               Active
               Holiness
               is
               our
               Active
               Dedication
               ,
               devotion
               or
               adherence
               unto
               God
               ,
               begun
               in
               our
               Conversion
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               Christian
               Covenant
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               exercised
               after
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               our
               lives
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Habitual
               Holiness
               ,
               is
               that
               fixed
               Inclination
               or
               Disposition
               of
               the
               soul
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               is
               fitted
               to
               perform
               the
               aforesaid
               Active
               adherence
               and
               devotion
               with
               strength
               ,
               facility
               ,
               and
               constancy
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Relative
               Holiness
               is
               the
               Relation
               of
               Man
               (
               or
               Angel
               )
               thus
               actively
               and
               dispositively
               devoted
               to
               God
               :
               which
               is
               particularly
               to
               be
               considered
               with
               the
               Object
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Besides
               the
               commoner
               Holiness
               of
               all
               Saints
               ,
               there
               is
               also
               an
               Office-Holiness
               of
               Magistrates
               (
               though
               some
               deny
               it
               )
               and
               of
               Christs
               Ministers
               :
               which
               containeth
               their
               Active
               Dedication
               to
               their
               proper
               work
               ,
               their
               
                 Dispositive
                 Aptitude
              
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               their
               Relation
               to
               God
               in
               it
               .
               And
               accordingly
               the
               anointing
               to
               such
               office
               ,
               and
               the
               giving
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               for
               its
               performance
               ,
               signifie
               somewhat
               else
               than
               the
               common
               sanctification
               of
               all
               Saints
               .
               As
               the
               work
               to
               which
               they
               are
               anointed
               is
               more
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Holiness
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               distinct
               faculties
               is
               ,
               1.
               
               In
               the
               
                 vital
                 and
                 executive
                 Power
              
               (
               for
               such
               a
               distinct
               faculty
               there
               is
               )
               and
               then
               it
               is
               called
               
                 Spiritual
                 Quickning
                 ,
                 Life
              
               ,
               and
               Strength
               .
               2.
               
               In
               the
               Understanding
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               called
               
                 Spiritual
                 Illumination
              
               or
               
                 Light
                 ,
                 (
                 Knowledge
              
               and
               faith
               .
               )
               3.
               
               In
               the
               will
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               called
               ,
               
                 Spiritual
                 Love
              
               ,
               and
               Holiness
               in
               an
               eminent
               narrower
               sense
               .
            
             
             
               13.
               
               Holiness
               is
               not
               to
               be
               described
               or
               understood
               without
               its
               proper
               Object
               ,
               which
               doth
               essentially
               Constitute
               it
               .
               It
               s
               no
               true
               description
               which
               omitteth
               it
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               The
               Object
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               Primary
               ,
               Immediate
               and
               proper
               is
               GOD
               himself
               .
               The
               secondary
               and
               remoter
               Object
               ,
               is
               the
               Impressions
               ,
               Image
               or
               Glory
               of
               God
               in
               his
               works
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               GOD
               is
               the
               object
               and
               terminus
               of
               our
               Holiness
               ,
               as
               in
               his
               Divine
               Per●ections
               ,
               so
               in
               his
               three
               grand
               Relations
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               our
               
                 Efficient
                 ,
                 Dirigen●
              
               and
               
                 Finial
                 Cause
              
               ;
               And
               in
               his
               three
               great
               Relations
               to
               his
               Intellectual
               Creatures
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               our
               Owner
               our
               Ruler
               ,
               and
               our
               Lover
               or
               Benefactor
               ,
               All
               comprized
               in
               the
               word
               [
               Father
               :
               ]
               And
               this
               on
               the
               Fundamental
               Relation
               and
               work
               ,
               of
               his
               being
               our
               
                 Creator
                 ,
                 Redeemer
              
               and
               Sanctifier
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               Our
               Holiness
               therefore
               is
               our
               answerable
               threefold
               Relation
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               we
               be
               ,
               
                 sui
                 ,
                 subditi
                 ,
                 amatores
              
               ,
               his
               Own
               ,
               his
               Subjects
               and
               his
               Lovers
               ;
               All
               comprehended
               in
               the
               word
               [
               Children
               ]
               that
               we
               be
               
                 peculiarly
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 God.
              
               
            
             
               17.
               
               From
               all
               this
               the
               true
               description
               of
               Holiness
               is
               obvious
               and
               sure
               ,
               viz.
               that
               it
               is
               the
               Active
               Habitual
               and
               consequently
               relative
               ,
               Separation
               ,
               Dedication
               ,
               &
               Devotion
               ,
               of
               Intellectual
               free-agents
               ,
               by
               Life
               ,
               Light
               and
               Love
               ,
               to
               God
               our
               Father
               as
               his
               Children
               ;
               or
               to
               God
               our
               Absolute
               
                 Owner
                 ,
                 Ruler
              
               and
               Benefactor
               ,
               our
               Creator
               ,
               Redeemer
               and
               Sanctifier
               ,
               as
               his
               own
               peculiars
               ,
               his
               Subjects
               and
               his
               Lovers
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Though
               every
               one
               that
               is
               Holy
               hath
               not
               this
               distinct
               and
               orderly
               conception
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               yet
               every
               one
               that
               is
               Holy
               ,
               hath
               really
               all
               this
               in
               himself
               .
               And
               its
               pity
               that
               so
               useful
               a
               part
               of
               knowledge
               as
               is
               that
               of
               the
               pourtraicture
               of
               the
               new
               Creature
               ,
               or
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               on
               man
               ,
               should
               not
               be
               found
               in
               all
               that
               have
               the
               thing
               .
               Though
               it
               is
               to
               be
               no
               more
               wondred
               at
               ,
               than
               that
               Men
               who
               have
               Intellects
               ,
               and
               Wills
               ,
               and
               Vital
               Power
               ,
               are
               so
               much
               perplexed
               
               with
               difficulties
               and
               disputes
               about
               the
               nature
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               the
               greatest
               Philosophers
               are
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               The
               secondary
               Objects
               of
               our
               Holiness
               (
               Active
               and
               dispositive
               ,
               )
               being
               Gods
               Image
               and
               Appearance
               in
               all
               his
               works
               ,
               it
               is
               this
               that
               is
               often
               called
               [
               
                 His
                 Glory
              
               ,
               ]
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               his
               Glory
               is
               made
               mans
               object
               and
               his
               end
               ;
               even
               the
               glorious
               communication
               ,
               and
               reflections
               ,
               and
               appearance
               of
               God
               in
               his
               perfections
               ,
               on
               our selves
               and
               on
               all
               his
               works
               (
               and
               not
               only
               the
               praise
               that
               we
               give
               him
               for
               them
               ,
               by
               our
               thoughts
               or
               words
               ..
               )
            
             
               20.
               
               As
               more
               or
               less
               of
               God
               is
               found
               in
               any
               thing
               or
               person
               ,
               so
               we
               are
               more
               or
               less
               to
               Love
               and
               Honour
               them
               ,
               because
               we
               do
               it
               for
               God
               appearing
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               There
               are
               not
               only
               different
               degrees
               therefore
               ,
               but
               also
               different
               sorts
               of
               Love
               and
               Honour
               due
               to
               different
               Things
               and
               Persons
               ,
               as
               God
               hath
               communicated
               different
               gifts
               to
               them
               .
               (
               As
               Virtue
               ,
               Office
               ,
               Magistracy
               ,
               Ministry
               ,
               Parentage
               ,
               &c.
               )
            
             
               22.
               
               When
               any
               of
               these
               is
               Loved
               and
               Honoured
               truly
               for
               Gods
               Image
               or
               Glory
               appearing
               in
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               ultimately
               GOD
               himself
               that
               is
               Loved
               and
               Honoured
               in
               and
               through
               them
               :
               And
               so
               even
               this
               Love
               of
               God
               appearing
               in
               his
               Creatures
               (
               animate
               or
               inanimate
               ,
               intellectual
               ,
               or
               his
               Word
               and
               Ordinances
               )
               is
               a
               
                 Holy
                 Love
              
               ;
               when
               as
               the
               Love
               of
               all
               the
               same
               things
               ,
               on
               
                 another
                 account
              
               ,
               and
               not
               as
               God
               is
               glorious
               and
               beloved
               in
               them
               ,
               is
               but
               a
               common
               and
               unholy
               Love.
               
            
             
               23.
               
               Accordingly
               it
               is
               a
               real
               secondary
               part
               of
               our
               Holiness
               ,
               to
               Love
               our
               neighbour
               as
               our selves
               ,
               for
               that
               of
               God
               which
               equally
               appeareth
               in
               him
               ;
               and
               to
               do
               justly
               unto
               all
               ,
               and
               to
               Love
               our
               selves
               on
               the
               same
               account
               ,
               and
               to
               keep
               our selves
               in
               temperance
               ,
               chastity
               ,
               sobriety
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               so
               the
               duties
               of
               the
               second
               Table
               ,
               are
               a
               
                 secondary
                 Holiness
              
               ,
               as
               they
               
               are
               chained
               to
               the
               first
               ,
               by
               the
               relation
               that
               the
               Creature
               hath
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               as
               God
               is
               the
               Beginning
               and
               End
               in
               all
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               1.
               
               As
               all
               things
               are
               
                 of
                 Him
              
               ;
               And
               as
               he
               is
               the
               Maker
               and
               Owner
               of
               us
               and
               them
               .
               2.
               
               As
               all
               things
               are
               
                 Through
                 Him
              
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               is
               the
               Ruler
               of
               Man
               ,
               and
               commandeth
               him
               this
               duty
               .
               3.
               
               As
               
                 all
                 things
              
               are
               
                 To
                 Him
              
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               is
               the
               End
               of
               us
               and
               all
               things
               ;
               and
               thus
               all
               things
               are
               said
               to
               be
               sanctified
               to
               Believers
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               So
               also
               when
               Parents
               ,
               Magistrates
               and
               Pastors
               ,
               are
               Loved
               ,
               Honoured
               and
               Obeyed
               in
               their
               pure
               subordination
               to
               God
               ,
               (
               viz.
               1.
               
               As
               they
               have
               their
               Power
               and
               Office
               from
               God.
               2.
               
               And
               as
               this
               is
               commanded
               us
               by
               God.
               3.
               
               And
               as
               they
               Honour
               God
               ,
               and
               as
               our
               duty
               honoureth
               or
               glorifieth
               Him
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               is
               pleased
               in
               it
               )
               this
               also
               is
               a
               secondary
               Part
               of
               our
               Holiness
               :
               But
               when
               they
               are
               honoured
               and
               obeyed
               ,
               meerly
               for
               fear
               ,
               or
               for
               our
               
                 own
                 ends
              
               ,
               or
               on
               any
               humane
               account
               ,
               not
               subordinate
               and
               referred
               as
               a
               means
               to
               the
               glory
               and
               pleasing
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               common
               and
               unholy
               Honour
               and
               Obedience
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               As
               all
               mankind
               are
               falln
               by
               him
               ,
               from
               God
               to
               themselves
               and
               other
               Creatures
               ,
               so
               Holiness
               is
               their
               contrary
               adherence
               to
               God
               upon
               their
               return
               .
               And
               so
               when
               we
               say
               all
               the
               world
               is
               distinguished
               into
               two
               sorts
               ,
               the
               Unholy
               and
               the
               Holy
               ,
               or
               the
               Ungodly
               and
               the
               Godly
               ,
               we
               mean
               that
               one
               part
               adhere
               to
               carnal
               self
               and
               creatures
               as
               serviceable
               to
               carnal
               self
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               part
               are
               converted
               from
               self
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               use
               the
               Creatures
               as
               a
               means
               to
               God
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               their
               End.
               
            
             
               26.
               
               The
               word
               Morality
               is
               made
               ambiguous
               by
               the
               loose
               and
               various
               use
               of
               men
               ,
               not
               used
               to
               any
               accurateness
               of
               speech
               :
               But
               the
               first
               ,
               famous
               and
               most
               notable
               acception
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               is
               to
               signifie
               all
               Virtue
               and
               Vice
               ,
               or
               conformity
               and
               disconformity
               to
               the
               ruling
               Will
               or
               Law
               of
               God
               ;
               
               as
               Ethicks
               or
               Morals
               as
               distinct
               from
               Physicks
               ,
               and
               other
               Sciences
               .
               And
               in
               this
               usual
               sense
               ,
               All
               things
               commanded
               by
               God
               are
               directly
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               forbidden
               ,
               reductively
               ,
               the
               parts
               of
               Morality
               :
               That
               is
               all
               Moral
               Good
               and
               Evil
               :
               and
               so
               faith
               in
               Christ
               is
               a
               great
               part
               of
               our
               true
               Morality
               .
               And
               they
               that
               will
               needs
               take
               the
               word
               in
               any
               narrower
               private
               sense
               ,
               prepare
               for
               quarrels
               ;
               and
               are
               obliged
               to
               explain
               themselves
               ,
               before
               they
               censure
               others
               or
               dispute
               about
               an
               ambiguous
               word
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               The
               sum
               of
               Holiness
               and
               Morality
               (
               which
               is
               all
               one
               )
               is
               ,
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               as
               God
               (
               including
               absolute
               Resignation
               and
               Subjection
               ,
               )
               and
               the
               Love
               of
               man
               and
               all
               things
               for
               God
               appearing
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               served
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               If
               either
               Heathens
               or
               wicked
               nominal
               Christians
               do
               take
               Holiness
               or
               Morality
               to
               be
               only
               the
               Love
               of
               our selves
               ,
               and
               our
               neighbours
               ,
               and
               a
               disposition
               of
               mind
               ,
               and
               course
               of
               life
               ,
               in
               which
               we
               live
               orderly
               ,
               justly
               and
               charitably
               to
               all
               ,
               and
               soberly
               to
               our
               own
               minds
               and
               bodies
               ,
               and
               all
               this
               only
               for
               the
               maintaining
               of
               the
               temporal
               prosperity
               of
               our selves
               and
               others
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               meriting
               of
               a
               prosperity
               in
               the
               life
               to
               come
               ;
               not
               at
               all
               referring
               all
               this
               to
               GOD
               ,
               as
               the
               Beginning
               ,
               the
               Guide
               and
               the
               ultimate
               End
               of
               all
               ;
               It
               is
               but
               Analogically
               called
               either
               Holiness
               or
               Morality
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               a
               proper
               or
               univocal
               sense
               ;
               because
               the
               End
               is
               left
               out
               which
               must
               give
               being
               to
               all
               true
               Holiness
               and
               Morality
               .
               (
               Of
               which
               see
               my
               Agreement
               with
               Dr.
               Barlow
               in
               my
               small
               Tractate
               of
               
                 saving
                 Faith.
              
               )
            
             
               29.
               
               The
               meaning
               of
               those
               Divines
               of
               my
               acquaintance
               ,
               that
               speak
               against
               preaching
               meer
               morality
               ,
               is
               indeed
               against
               these
               that
               preach
               
                 no
                 morality
              
               ,
               but
               the
               Ethicks
               or
               analogical
               Morality
               of
               Atheists
               ,
               who
               leave
               out
               the
               End
               ;
               or
               else
               a
               Piece
               of
               Morality
               ,
               which
               we
               call
               the
               
                 Natural
                 part
              
               ,
               leaving
               out
               Christianity
               as
               if
               that
               were
               no
               part
               of
               Holiness
               or
               Morality
               :
               
               or
               treat
               lightly
               and
               loosly
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               a
               ceremony
               or
               
                 thing
                 indifferent
              
               ,
               as
               needless
               if
               not
               troublesome
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               their
               things
               called
               Indifferent
               are
               .
               And
               what
               Christian
               can
               excuse
               that
               sort
               of
               preaching
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               As
               elsewhere
               I
               have
               often
               said
               ,
               we
               must
               carefully
               distinguish
               between
               the
               Primitive
               or
               Primary
               and
               Natural
               part
               of
               Holiness
               ;
               which
               is
               GODLINESSE
               or
               our
               LOVE
               to
               God
               as
               such
               ;
               and
               the
               mediate
               remedying
               ,
               subservient
               Part
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
              
               ,
               or
               Christianity
               as
               such
               .
               The
               first
               is
               as
               
                 our
                 Health
              
               ,
               the
               second
               as
               our
               Medicine
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               This
               distinction
               is
               it
               which
               is
               intended
               by
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               when
               they
               so
               often
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               sanctified
               or
               receive
               the
               spirit
               of
               holiness
               ,
               by
               believing
               in
               Christ
               ;
               Faith
               kindling
               Love
               ,
               and
               Love
               kindled
               by
               Faith
               ,
               being
               the
               two
               parts
               ,
               and
               whole
               of
               our
               Religion
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               Gods
               only
               End
               in
               this
               and
               all
               his
               works
               ,
               (
               so
               far
               as
               he
               may
               be
               said
               to
               intend
               an
               end
               )
               is
               
                 ultimately
                 Himself
              
               (
               for
               he
               can
               have
               no
               other
               
                 ultimate
                 end
              
               .
               )
            
             
               33.
               
               When
               we
               say
               GOD
               is
               his
               own
               End
               ,
               we
               mean
               not
               that
               his
               Essence
               or
               Existence
               ,
               is
               his
               End
               (
               for
               of
               that
               there
               cannot
               be
               a
               means
               :
               )
               But
               formally
               it
               is
               the
               fulfilling
               and
               complacency
               of
               his
               Will.
               For
               his
               Will
               is
               the
               Beginning
               and
               End
               of
               all
               things
               caused
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               34.
               
               Materially
               Gods
               highest
               end
               (
               or
               the
               summary
               of
               all
               means
               )
               in
               order
               to
               this
               complacency
               of
               his
               will
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               formal
               ultimate
               End
               ,
               is
               his
               Glory
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               The
               foresaid
               
                 glorious
                 impress
              
               or
               appearance
               of
               himself
               communicated
               to
               his
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               found
               in
               his
               works
               .
               And
               this
               is
               not
               only
               the
               Image
               or
               Glory
               of
               his
               Holiness
               ,
               (
               though
               that
               be
               the
               most
               eminent
               part
               )
               but
               also
               of
               his
               Omnipotence
               and
               Omniscience
               :
               (
               unless
               any
               will
               take
               the
               the
               word
               [
               Holiness
               ]
               in
               God
               so
               largely
               as
               to
               comprehend
               all
               his
               perfections
               .
               )
            
             
               35.
               
               And
               here
               his
               Glory
               resplendent
               in
               the
               universe
               (
               as
               comprehending
               
               Christ
               and
               the
               whole
               Creation
               )
               being
               the
               Total
               ,
               comprehending
               all
               the
               parts
               ,
               must
               needs
               have
               the
               preheminence
               before
               each
               part
               .
            
             
               36.
               
               And
               among
               the
               Parts
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               shining
               forth
               in
               the
               whole
               heavenly
               Society
               (
               Christ
               ,
               Angels
               and
               Men
               )
               must
               needs
               have
               the
               preheminence
               .
            
             
               37.
               
               And
               if
               you
               come
               down
               to
               Individuals
               ,
               his
               Glory
               shining
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               Christ
               is
               greater
               (
               and
               so
               nearest
               to
               the
               ultimate
               end
               )
               than
               his
               Glory
               in
               Angels
               or
               Men
               :
               because
               Christ
               in
               his
               created
               nature
               is
               the
               Best
               and
               Highest
               of
               Gods
               works
               ;
               And
               therefore
               as
               God
               is
               more
               glorified
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               than
               in
               a
               Star
               ,
               so
               is
               he
               more
               glorified
               in
               Christ
               ,
               than
               in
               any
               Man
               or
               Angel.
               
            
             
               38.
               
               Gods
               Wisdom
               ,
               Love
               and
               Power
               ,
               were
               wonderfully
               glorious
               in
               the
               person
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               his
               works
               performed
               for
               our
               Redemption
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               on
               Earth
               ;
               much
               more
               in
               his
               Person
               and
               Intercession
               in
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
             
               39.
               
               And
               as
               to
               the
               Effects
               of
               Redemption
               upon
               Man
               ,
               the
               Glory
               of
               Gods
               Wisdom
               ,
               Love
               ,
               and
               Holiness
               ,
               Justice
               and
               Mercy
               ,
               do
               shine
               forth
               wonderfully
               in
               our
               Union
               with
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Membership
               of
               his
               Political
               Body
               ,
               in
               our
               free
               Pardon
               and
               Justification
               ,
               Reconciliation
               and
               Adoption
               ,
               through
               the
               
                 Sacrifice
                 ,
                 Merit
              
               ,
               and
               Intercession
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               our
               Sanctification
               only
               .
            
             
               40.
               
               The
               same
               I
               may
               say
               of
               all
               Gods
               mercies
               ,
               which
               as
               immediate
               demonstrations
               of
               his
               Goodness
               do
               glorifie
               him
               ;
               and
               also
               of
               his
               judgments
               now
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               great
               and
               glorious
               final
               judgment
               ,
               in
               which
               Gods
               Wisdom
               and
               Goodness
               ,
               Truth
               ,
               Justice
               and
               Mercy
               will
               be
               immediately
               glorified
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               as
               the
               judgment
               maketh
               man
               Holy
               ,
               nor
               only
               as
               it
               declareth
               us
               to
               be
               so
               .
            
             
               41.
               
               The
               Holiness
               of
               God
               is
               wonderfully
               glorified
               in
               that
               he
               will
               have
               no
               
                 immediate
                 Communion
              
               with
               any
               soul
               that
               is
               
               defiled
               with
               the
               smallest
               sin
               ;
               But
               after
               they
               have
               once
               sinned
               ,
               and
               till
               they
               are
               perfected
               ,
               be
               they
               never
               so
               sincerely
               Holy
               ,
               their
               whole
               Communion
               with
               him
               (
               as
               to
               receiving
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               Returning
               to
               him
               )
               must
               be
               only
               by
               a
               Mediator
               that
               hath
               no
               sin
               .
               All
               mercy
               must
               be
               given
               by
               him
               ,
               (
               ev●n
               the
               spirit
               it self
               )
               and
               all
               our
               sacrifices
               and
               duty
               offered
               to
               God
               by
               him
               .
               Only
               the
               sinless
               can
               have
               
                 immediate
                 Communion
              
               with
               God
               ,
               at
               least
               as
               to
               moral
               Communication
               (
               For
               of
               Physical
               I
               will
               not
               here
               dispute
               .
               )
            
             
               42.
               
               The
               Wisdome
               ,
               and
               Goodness
               of
               God
               are
               wonderfully
               glorified
               ,
               in
               providing
               this
               incomprehensible
               way
               of
               our
               Redemption
               ,
               that
               by
               it
               Justice
               and
               Holiness
               may
               be
               as
               fully
               glorified
               ,
               the
               Truth
               of
               God
               vindicated
               ,
               the
               Honour
               and
               Authority
               of
               the
               Law
               and
               Lawgiver
               preserved
               ,
               and
               sin
               disgraced
               and
               confounded
               ,
               by
               the
               
                 Sacrifice
                 ,
                 Merit
              
               and
               Intercession
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               if
               all
               sinners
               themselves
               had
               been
               condemned
               .
               (
               All
               which
               and
               much
               more
               Mr.
               Truman
               in
               his
               
                 Great
                 Propitiation
              
               hath
               fullier
               opened
               ,
               than
               I
               can
               now
               stay
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               therefore
               to
               him
               I
               must
               refer
               you
               .
               )
            
             
               43.
               
               In
               this
               Aptitude
               of
               it
               to
               attain
               these
               ends
               of
               God
               our
               Ruler
               and
               Benefactor
               ,
               better
               than
               mans
               damnation
               could
               have
               done
               ,
               consisteth
               the
               satisfactoriness
               and
               meritoriousness
               of
               the
               Death
               or
               Sacrifice
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               the
               
                 Identity
                 in
                 kind
              
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               
                 equal
                 proportion
              
               of
               
                 the
                 Degree
              
               of
               Christs
               sufferings
               ,
               as
               compared
               with
               that
               which
               man
               deserved
               .
            
             
               44.
               
               By
               all
               this
               it
               is
               evident
               ,
               that
               our
               
                 Personal
                 Holiness
              
               is
               not
               the
               
                 only
                 end
              
               (
               or
               design
               )
               of
               God
               in
               mans
               Redemption
               ,
               nor
               in
               instituting
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               .
               But
               if
               God
               must
               be
               said
               to
               have
               
                 no
                 End
              
               ,
               which
               is
               also
               a
               means
               ,
               (
               but
               only
               the
               
                 ultimate
                 End
              
               ,
               the
               complacency
               of
               his
               blessed
               will
               ,
               which
               is
               no
               means
               ,
               but
               all
               are
               
                 means
                 to
                 it
              
               )
               then
               our
               Holiness
               is
               none
               of
               Gods
               end
               ,
               but
               one
               means
               to
               it
               .
               But
               if
               the
               
                 means
                 themselves
              
               ,
               as
               the
               end
               of
               
                 lower
                 means
              
               ,
               may
               be
               called
               
                 Gods
                 End
              
               ,
               
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               imperfect
               man
               ,
               than
               our
               Holiness
               is
               one
               of
               his
               inferior
               ends
               ,
               among
               many
               others
               ;
               It
               being
               one
               Part
               of
               that
               
                 universal
                 frame
              
               ,
               in
               which
               conjoyned
               his
               
                 Glory
                 most
              
               appeareth
               ,
               in
               which
               his
               blessed
               will
               taketh
               complacency
               .
            
             
               45.
               
               And
               all
               this
               being
               so
               evident
               to
               all
               that
               receive
               the
               Christian
               faith
               ,
               when
               this
               
                 Learned
                 worthy
                 Man
              
               ,
               and
               such
               others
               ,
               do
               say
               that
               Holiness
               is
               the
               only
               
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 Promises
              
               ,
               &c.
               you
               mud
               not
               interpret
               them
               too
               severely
               ,
               nor
               suppose
               them
               to
               speak
               properly
               or
               accurately
               ;
               but
               [
               only
               ]
               is
               an
               hyperbolical
               expression
               ,
               (
               as
               many
               use
               the
               word
               Infinite
               as
               an
               attribute
               of
               created
               things
               ,
               instead
               of
               Great
               ,
               )
               Doubtless
               he
               intended
               it
               not
               as
               exclusive
               of
               all
               other
               ends
               (
               either
               of
               God
               or
               Man
               ,
               )
               And
               the
               mode
               of
               the
               age
               having
               turned
               accurate
               School-language
               ,
               into
               figurative
               and
               such
               as
               Rhetoricians
               use
               ,
               may
               teach
               you
               to
               expect
               some
               such
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               severest
               sort
               of
               Writers
               .
            
             
               46.
               
               But
               though
               it
               be
               not
               true
               that
               our
               Holiness
               is
               the
               
                 only
                 End
              
               or
               design
               of
               the
               Promises
               ,
               or
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               it
               is
               true
               that
               it
               is
               
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 Christianity
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               one
               of
               its
               very
               great
               and
               noble
               ends
               .
            
             
               47.
               
               The
               same
               Graces
               or
               Gifts
               of
               God
               to
               man
               do
               usually
               circularly
               promote
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               so
               each
               is
               as
               to
               other
               ,
               both
               an
               end
               and
               means
               in
               several
               instances
               and
               respects
               .
               See
               what
               I
               have
               said
               in
               my
               Treatise
               of
               the
               Life
               of
               Faith
               ,
               to
               the
               question
               ,
               Whether
               the
               Precept
               be
               for
               the
               Promise
               ,
               or
               the
               Promise
               for
               the
               Precept
               ?
               Whether
               the
               Reward
               be
               the
               end
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               or
               Obedience
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Reward
               ?
               pag.
               237.
               
            
             
               48.
               
               When
               we
               say
               that
               Holiness
               is
               the
               end
               of
               Christianity
               or
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               we
               take
               Holiness
               narrowly
               for
               that
               Primary
               and
               most
               immediate
               part
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               which
               is
               our
               
                 Resignation
                 ,
                 Subjection
                 and
                 Love
                 to
                 God
                 as
                 God
              
               ;
               And
               not
               so
               largely
               as
               to
               include
               our
               faith
               in
               Christ
               it self
               .
               And
               we
               take
               
               not
               Christianity
               for
               the
               whole
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               
                 remedying
                 part
              
               ,
               or
               
                 faith
                 in
                 Christ
              
               as
               such
               .
               Otherwise
               we
               could
               but
               say
               that
               the
               
                 remedying
                 part
              
               of
               our
               Religion
               or
               Holiness
               ,
               is
               the
               means
               to
               the
               
                 Primary
                 part
              
               which
               is
               its
               end
               .
               When
               we
               understand
               each
               other
               ,
               let
               us
               not
               needlesly
               quarrel
               about
               words
               .
            
             
               49.
               
               If
               any
               say
               too
               much
               in
               making
               our
               Holiness
               Gods
               
                 only
                 End
              
               ,
               it
               ill
               beseemeth
               those
               to
               be
               their
               censurers
               ,
               who
               haue
               tempted
               them
               to
               it
               ,
               by
               erring
               more
               on
               the
               contrary
               extream
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               denyed
               or
               hid
               ,
               that
               more
               than
               downright
               Antinomians
               ,
               have
               so
               ill
               expounded
               the
               points
               of
               Christs
               suretiship
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Imputation
               of
               our
               sin
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Imputation
               of
               his
               Righteousness
               to
               us
               ,
               as
               hath
               proved
               the
               great
               occasion
               of
               some
               mens
               running
               into
               the
               contrary
               errour
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               as
               would
               exclude
               all
               pardon
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               all
               true
               Religion
               ,
               had
               their
               notions
               been
               practically
               and
               prevalently
               held
               .
               But
               their
               opinions
               are
               confuted
               by
               so
               many
               (
               
                 Olevian
                 ,
                 Ursine
                 ,
                 Piscator
                 ,
                 Paraeus
                 ,
                 Wendeline
                 ,
                 Camero
                 ,
              
               and
               many
               other
               Forreigners
               ;
               and
               by
               
                 Wotton
                 ,
                 Gataker
              
               ,
               and
               others
               at
               home
               ;
               and
               plainliest
               in
               Mr.
               Trumans
               foresaid
               Treatise
               ,
               Mr.
               Bradshaw
               of
               Justif
               .
               and
               Mr.
               Hotchkis
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               
                 Le
                 Blank
              
               in
               his
               Theses
               )
               that
               I
               will
               not
               here
               stay
               to
               deal
               with
               those
               Points
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               an
               easie
               or
               a
               common
               thing
               ,
               for
               men
               that
               write
               against
               any
               dangerous
               errour
               and
               extream
               ,
               to
               keep
               up
               large
               impartial
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               see
               the
               danger
               on
               the
               contrary
               side
               ;
               For
               mans
               mind
               is
               limitted
               and
               narrow
               ,
               and
               cannot
               think
               with
               equal
               seriousness
               and
               clearness
               of
               many
               things
               at
               once
               .
               And
               the
               wisest
               man
               alive
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               earnestly
               pleading
               against
               any
               errour
               ,
               is
               in
               great
               danger
               of
               forgetting
               what
               is
               on
               the
               other
               side
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               of
               thinking
               so
               eagerly
               what
               to
               say
               against
               the
               opinion
               he
               opposeth
               ,
               as
               to
               forget
               both
               what
               may
               be
               said
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               what
               worse
               his
               own
               arguings
               may
               infer
               .
            
             
             
               50.
               
               Nothing
               is
               more
               sure
               in
               Christianity
               ,
               than
               that
               Christ
               came
               into
               the
               world
               to
               seek
               and
               to
               save
               that
               which
               was
               lost
               ;
               and
               to
               bring
               home
               straying
               prodigals
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               destroy
               the
               works
               of
               the
               Flesh
               and
               Devil
               ;
               and
               to
               bring
               man
               back
               to
               the
               love
               and
               obedience
               of
               his
               Maker
               ,
               and
               to
               cure
               him
               of
               his
               worldly
               love
               .
               And
               so
               that
               Holiness
               or
               the
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               the
               end
               of
               our
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               our
               Faith.
               
            
             
               51.
               
               It
               is
               most
               certainly
               that
               he
               is
               the
               best
               man
               that
               hath
               the
               least
               need
               of
               pardon
               of
               sin
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               is
               most
               Holy
               and
               least
               sinful
               ;
               And
               that
               all
               men
               must
               rather
               desire
               to
               be
               kept
               from
               sin
               ,
               (
               and
               pardoned
               when
               they
               do
               sin
               )
               then
               to
               sin
               and
               then
               be
               pardoned
               :
               nor
               may
               we
               desire
               Pardon
               alone
               ,
               if
               we
               could
               have
               it
               .
               So
               that
               we
               are
               pardoned
               what
               is
               past
               ,
               that
               Love
               may
               make
               us
               sin
               so
               no
               more
               ;
               and
               Justification
               is
               an
               antecedent
               means
               to
               our
               fuller
               Holiness
               and
               obedience
               to
               God
               (
               which
               I
               have
               largely
               opened
               in
               my
               Confession
               of
               faith
               .
               )
            
             
               52.
               
               It
               is
               certain
               that
               Justification
               and
               Sanctification
               go
               on
               hand
               in
               hand
               together
               (
               of
               which
               see
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Hopkins
                 ,
                 Salvation
                 from
                 sin
              
               ;
               )
               And
               that
               it
               is
               a
               notorious
               errour
               of
               such
               as
               say
               that
               Justification
               is
               perfect
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               begins
               (
               though
               it
               be
               true
               that
               all
               sin
               is
               then
               forgiven
               .
               )
            
             
               53.
               
               And
               it
               is
               certain
               that
               Sanctification
               as
               it
               is
               the
               work
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               an
               executive
               part
               ,
               or
               one
               part
               of
               the
               executive
               pardon
               of
               our
               sins
               ;
               Because
               it
               is
               the
               taking
               off
               of
               a
               very
               great
               penalty
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               privation
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               grace
               .
            
             
               54.
               
               Nothing
               is
               more
               injurious
               to
               Christ
               than
               to
               feign
               that
               he
               is
               a
               patron
               of
               sin
               ,
               or
               came
               to
               excuse
               men
               by
               free
               justification
               from
               obedience
               to
               their
               Creators
               law
               of
               nature
               ,
               or
               to
               make
               sin
               less
               odious
               to
               mankind
               :
               seeing
               he
               dyed
               to
               redeem
               us
               from
               all
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               to
               purifie
               to
               himself
               a
               peculiar
               people
               zealous
               of
               good
               works
               .
            
             
               55.
               
               And
               it
               is
               an
               intollerable
               blasphemy
               against
               God
               ,
               to
               imagine
               that
               Christ
               came
               to
               make
               the
               Divine
               nature
               more
               
               friendly
               or
               reconcileable
               to
               sin
               ,
               or
               to
               love
               complacencially
               an
               ungodly
               person
               as
               if
               he
               were
               godly
               ,
               as
               being
               such
               by
               the
               imputation
               of
               Christs
               righteousness
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               repute
               any
               man
               to
               be
               what
               he
               is
               not
               ;
               to
               take
               a
               wicked
               man
               for
               a
               Saint
               ,
               because
               that
               Christ
               was
               holy
               for
               him
               :
               what
               ever
               malicious
               Papists
               say
               ,
               the
               Protestants
               abhor
               such
               doctrine
               .
            
             
               56.
               
               And
               as
               far
               are
               we
               from
               believing
               that
               Christ
               was
               a
               sinner
               ,
               or
               that
               God
               ever
               supposed
               him
               to
               be
               a
               sinner
               ,
               or
               hated
               or
               punished
               him
               as
               a
               sinner
               :
               or
               that
               ever
               our
               sin
               did
               really
               become
               his
               sin
               ,
               or
               that
               God
               reputed
               it
               so
               to
               have
               been
               .
               For
               no
               false
               judgment
               can
               belong
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               57.
               
               But
               we
               believe
               that
               Christ
               dyed
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               as
               a
               sacrifice
               ,
               ransome
               ,
               propitiation
               ,
               attonement
               .
               And
               that
               his
               
                 own
                 voluntary
                 sponsion
              
               and
               his
               
                 Fathers
                 will
              
               were
               his
               obligation
               ;
               and
               that
               our
               sins
               were
               the
               occasion
               ,
               and
               the
               evil
               to
               be
               done
               away
               ;
               And
               that
               (
               for
               the
               holy
               ends
               forementioned
               )
               he
               suffered
               for
               our
               sakes
               and
               in
               our
               stead
               ,
               such
               a
               kind
               and
               measure
               of
               suffering
               ,
               as
               was
               fit
               to
               attain
               the
               ends
               of
               our
               Creator
               ,
               better
               than
               our
               damnation
               could
               have
               done
               .
               And
               thus
               far
               our
               sins
               may
               be
               said
               to
               be
               imputed
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               dyed
               for
               them
               ;
               Though
               properly
               he
               undertook
               the
               punishment
               only
               ;
               but
               never
               the
               sin
               it self
               :
               His
               nature
               and
               holy
               will
               abhorring
               such
               an
               undertaking
               .
               The
               
                 Reatus
                 facti
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Reatus
                 culpae
              
               were
               never
               upon
               Christ
               ;
               nor
               the
               
                 primary
                 proper
                 Reatus
                 ad
                 poenam
              
               ;
               but
               only
               an
               
                 improper
                 assumed
                 Reatus
                 ad
                 poenam
              
               ,
               or
               obligation
               to
               punishment
               for
               our
               sins
               .
               Nor
               can
               an
               Accident
               remove
               from
               one
               subject
               to
               another
               ,
               but
               its
               removing
               is
               its
               perishing
               .
            
             
               58.
               
               And
               though
               we
               believe
               not
               that
               God
               doth
               
                 judge
                 us
              
               to
               
                 have
                 done
                 all
                 the
                 righteousness
              
               that
               
                 Christ
                 did
              
               ,
               nor
               to
               have
               possessed
               the
               same
               
                 individual
                 Righteousness
                 as
                 Christ
                 had
              
               (
               for
               God
               never
               erreth
               )
               nor
               accounteth
               us
               
                 as
                 Righteous
                 as
                 Christ
                 himself
              
               ;
               nor
               yet
               
                 useth
                 us
              
               in
               
                 all
                 respects
              
               as
               
               he
               would
               have
               done
               ,
               if
               we
               had
               been
               
                 as
                 righteous
              
               as
               Christ
               himself
               ;
               nor
               do
               we
               think
               it
               a
               thing
               possible
               that
               the
               same
               individual
               righteousness
               that
               was
               in
               Christ
               (
               being
               an
               accident
               )
               can
               be
               in
               it self
               and
               really
               given
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               made
               ours
               ;
               Yet
               do
               we
               believe
               that
               his
               
                 Habitual
                 perfection
              
               ,
               with
               his
               
                 Active
                 Righteousness
              
               and
               his
               Sacrifice
               or
               
                 Sufferings
                 ,
                 all
                 set
                 together
              
               ,
               and
               
                 advanced
                 in
                 value
              
               ,
               by
               their
               conjunction
               with
               his
               
                 Divine
                 Righteousness
              
               ,
               were
               the
               
                 true
                 meritorious
                 procuring
                 cause
                 of
                 our
                 pardon
                 ,
              
               Justification
               ,
               Adoption
               ,
               Sanctification
               and
               Salvation
               .
               Not
               
                 one
                 part
              
               imputed
               to
               this
               effect
               ,
               and
               another
               to
               that
               ;
               but
               all
               thus
               making
               up
               
                 one
                 meritorious
                 cause
              
               of
               all
               these
               effects
               ;
               even
               of
               the
               Covenant
               and
               
                 all
                 its
                 benefits
              
               .
               And
               thus
               Christs
               Righteousness
               is
               imputed
               and
               given
               to
               us
               ;
               not
               immediately
               
                 in
                 it self
              
               ,
               but
               
                 in
                 the
                 effects
                 and
                 fruits
              
               :
               As
               a
               Ransome
               is
               said
               to
               be
               given
               
                 to
                 a
                 Captive
              
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               given
               
                 for
                 him
              
               ;
               though
               strictly
               the
               Ransome
               is
               given
               to
               another
               ,
               and
               only
               the
               fruits
               of
               it
               
                 to
                 him
              
               .
            
             
               59.
               
               Those
               ignorant
               ,
               self
               conceited
               contentious
               teachers
               ,
               that
               seek
               the
               reputation
               of
               Orthodox
               zeal
               in
               the
               things
               which
               they
               never
               understood
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               clear
               apprehending
               sound
               Scripture-doctrine
               ,
               and
               plain
               expounding
               it
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               do
               take
               on
               trust
               and
               for
               company
               ,
               false
               or
               insignificant
               confounding
               notions
               ,
               and
               proudly
               make
               them
               the
               instruments
               of
               their
               furious
               censures
               and
               revilings
               ,
               and
               of
               dividing
               the
               Church
               by
               raising
               slanders
               against
               those
               that
               presume
               to
               be
               wiser
               than
               they
               ;
               and
               so
               by
               backbiting
               tell
               their
               hearers
               ,
               how
               erroneous
               and
               dangerous
               this
               and
               that
               mans
               doctrine
               is
               ,
               because
               they
               never
               had
               the
               wisdom
               ,
               study
               and
               patience
               to
               understand
               it
               ;
               such
               I
               say
               are
               the
               men
               that
               in
               all
               ages
               have
               been
               the
               firebrands
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               zealously
               promoted
               Christs
               Kingdom
               by
               dividing
               it
               ,
               and
               will
               hardly
               ever
               have
               peace
               here
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               endure
               their
               brethrens
               or
               the
               Churches
               peace
               .
            
             
             
               60.
               
               It
               is
               not
               possible
               for
               God
               to
               hate
               a
               holy
               soul
               ,
               that
               loveth
               him
               as
               God
               ,
               and
               beareth
               his
               holy
               Image
               .
            
             
               61.
               
               Yet
               is
               his
               Holiness
               no
               satisfaction
               to
               Gods
               Justice
               ,
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               his
               unholy
               state
               ,
               or
               for
               his
               imperfections
               .
            
             
               62.
               
               If
               you
               ask
               ,
               what
               then
               would
               God
               have
               done
               with
               one
               thus
               converted
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               no
               Saviour
               ,
               to
               ransom
               him
               from
               Justice
               for
               his
               sin
               ?
               I
               answer
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               supposition
               that
               is
               not
               to
               be
               put
               ;
               Because
               no
               man
               is
               converted
               and
               sanctified
               that
               hath
               not
               a
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               the
               Pardon
               of
               his
               sins
               ,
               For
               none
               but
               Christ
               could
               first
               Merit
               ,
               and
               then
               Give
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               sanctification
               which
               we
               had
               lost
               ;
               and
               so
               without
               Christ
               and
               his
               Spirit
               we
               should
               have
               been
               equally
               unsanctified
               and
               unpardoned
               .
            
             
               63.
               
               It
               is
               vain
               therefore
               to
               dream
               that
               Cicero
               or
               
                 Seneca
                 ,
                 Augustine
              
               or
               
                 Chrysostom
                 ,
                 Luther
              
               or
               Calvin
               ,
               are
               as
               much
               Saviours
               as
               Christ
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               their
               doctrine
               maketh
               men
               holy
               :
               For
               neither
               Philosophers
               nor
               Divines
               preach
               any
               good
               doctrine
               ,
               but
               what
               Christ
               as
               the
               Mediator
               and
               Light
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               did
               some
               way
               or
               other
               communicate
               to
               them
               :
               so
               that
               their
               doctrine
               that
               is
               good
               ,
               is
               not
               
                 their
                 own
              
               but
               his
               ,
               (
               even
               theirs
               that
               know
               him
               not
               .
               )
               It
               is
               not
               they
               but
               He
               ,
               that
               merited
               all
               grace
               ,
               and
               that
               preserved
               the
               sinning
               world
               from
               being
               used
               as
               it
               deserved
               ,
               and
               that
               ascending
               up
               on
               high
               gave
               gifts
               (
               both
               common
               and
               special
               )
               unto
               men
               .
               Their
               light
               is
               as
               the
               Moons
               derived
               from
               the
               Sun
               ;
               Which
               of
               them
               but
               Christ
               ,
               hath
               purchased
               and
               given
               a
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               to
               the
               condemned
               world
               ?
               And
               which
               of
               them
               but
               Christ
               ,
               sends
               forth
               with
               their
               doctrine
               ,
               a
               Quickening
               ,
               Illuminating
               and
               sanctifying
               Spirit
               ,
               to
               overcome
               the
               Devil
               ,
               the
               World
               and
               the
               Flesh
               ?
            
             
               64.
               
               While
               all
               sober
               Divines
               thus
               plead
               for
               Holiness
               ,
               and
               censure
               one
               anothers
               doctrines
               as
               unholy
               and
               countenancing
               sin
               ,
               it
               plainly
               sheweth
               that
               they
               are
               very
               much
               at
               unity
               in
               the
               main
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               have
               not
               the
               skil
               to
               word
               and
               methodize
               
               their
               notions
               rightly
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               all
               fall
               right
               with
               the
               ends
               and
               main
               matter
               which
               they
               are
               agreed
               in
               .
               And
               when
               we
               hear
               men
               accuse
               each
               other
               of
               unholy
               ,
               and
               sinful
               opinions
               and
               practices
               ,
               though
               we
               must
               hate
               the
               
                 ignorance
                 ,
                 pride
              
               and
               uncharitableness
               which
               is
               in
               it
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               a
               comfort
               to
               us
               ,
               to
               hear
               and
               read
               that
               they
               all
               agree
               to
               cry
               down
               sin
               in
               the
               general
               and
               to
               disgrace
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               all
               bear
               so
               conjunct
               a
               testimony
               for
               the
               excellency
               and
               necessity
               of
               Holiness
               ;
               what
               hope
               is
               there
               then
               that
               if
               we
               could
               set
               all
               our
               tacklings
               together
               ,
               and
               see
               truths
               fall
               right
               in
               their
               several
               places
               ,
               we
               might
               unite
               our
               force
               against
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               ungodliness
               ;
               and
               might
               give
               over
               destroying
               Holiness
               by
               crying
               down
               the
               things
               we
               understand
               not
               as
               unholy
               ;
               and
               might
               be
               healed
               of
               that
               antique
               phrensie
               ,
               which
               maketh
               so
               many
               Divines
               and
               other
               Christians
               ,
               by
               ill
               managing
               their
               zeal
               for
               holiness
               ,
               to
               divide
               the
               Churches
               ,
               and
               hinder
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               be
               the
               instruments
               of
               Satan
               ,
               to
               keep
               and
               cast
               down
               Holiness
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               65.
               
               Those
               Churches
               especially
               that
               lament
               the
               lapse
               of
               Discipline
               ,
               and
               the
               confounding
               of
               the
               Holy
               and
               prophane
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               are
               constituted
               by
               unwarrantable
               scrutinies
               after
               the
               Holiness
               of
               Members
               ,
               beyond
               the
               test
               that
               was
               appointed
               by
               Christ
               ,
               should
               not
               dishonour
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               bring
               their
               doctrine
               or
               persons
               in●o
               suspition
               ,
               by
               being
               the
               hasty
               censurers
               and
               condemners
               of
               such
               Writings
               ,
               as
               drive
               harder
               for
               the
               promoting
               of
               Holiness
               than
               themselves
               .
            
             
               66.
               
               There
               is
               so
               clear
               a
               tendency
               in
               all
               Gods
               instituted
               Ordinances
               to
               further
               Holiness
               ,
               that
               he
               knoweth
               not
               what
               he
               talketh
               of
               ,
               who
               slighteth
               them
               ,
               on
               pretence
               of
               
                 natural
                 Evidences
                 and
                 Helps
              
               to
               the
               same
               end
               :
               seeing
               natural
               and
               supernatural
               evidences
               and
               helps
               ,
               are
               so
               far
               from
               being
               opposite
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               both
               necessary
               ,
               and
               do
               in
               admirable
               suitableness
               and
               harmony
               concur
               .
            
             
             
               67.
               
               He
               knoweth
               not
               the
               hurtful
               miscarriages
               of
               our
               times
               ,
               who
               knoweth
               not
               what
               the
               mistaken
               notions
               about
               
                 free
                 grace
              
               ,
               have
               done
               against
               
                 free
                 grace
              
               it self
               ;
               and
               how
               the
               Gospel
               hath
               been
               supplanted
               ,
               by
               an
               erroneous
               crying
               up
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               crying
               down
               the
               Law
               ;
               and
               how
               Justification
               hath
               been
               abused
               ,
               by
               mens
               seeming
               to
               extol
               it
               ,
               and
               sanctification
               injured
               by
               such
               pretexts
               :
               And
               he
               that
               with
               one
               eye
               looks
               on
               that
               disease
               and
               its
               effects
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               other
               looks
               on
               the
               Book
               you
               tell
               me
               of
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               will
               quickly
               see
               what
               Sore
               this
               Plaster
               was
               provided
               for
               ,
               and
               how
               much
               excellent
               matter
               there
               is
               in
               it
               ,
               which
               the
               foresaid
               persons
               and
               diseases
               need
               .
            
             
               68.
               
               And
               as
               to
               your
               mention
               of
               my
               former
               writings
               ,
               and
               my
               interest
               in
               the
               business
               questioned
               ;
               I
               shall
               say
               but
               this
               ,
               1.
               
               That
               either
               you
               have
               read
               my
               former
               Writings
               ,
               or
               you
               have
               not
               ;
               If
               not
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               write
               more
               to
               satisfie
               you
               ,
               who
               read
               not
               what
               is
               already
               written
               :
               For
               why
               should
               I
               think
               that
               you
               will
               rather
               read
               the
               later
               than
               the
               former
               ?
               If
               you
               have
               read
               them
               ,
               (
               especially
               my
               Confession
               ,
               my
               
                 Disputations
                 of
                 Justification
              
               ,
               and
               my
               
                 Life
                 of
                 Faith
              
               ,
               )
               either
               they
               satisfie
               you
               or
               not
               :
               If
               they
               do
               ,
               you
               need
               no
               more
               ;
               If
               not
               ,
               I
               cannot
               satisfie
               you
               .
               The
               question
               is
               whether
               it
               be
               truth
               and
               clearly
               opened
               which
               is
               there
               written
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               avoid
               it
               ,
               lest
               men
               abuse
               it
               ;
               nor
               will
               I
               hope
               to
               write
               that
               which
               none
               shall
               misunderstand
               ,
               or
               turn
               to
               an
               occasion
               of
               some
               extream
               .
               2.
               
               And
               these
               few
               pages
               tell
               you
               my
               sense
               ;
               the
               same
               which
               I
               have
               formerly
               published
               :
               If
               wrong
               ,
               confute
               it
               :
               If
               right
               ,
               my
               former
               writings
               ,
               fullier
               opening
               the
               same
               things
               are
               so
               far
               right
               .
               3.
               
               And
               my
               
                 Life
                 of
                 Faith
              
               is
               so
               late
               and
               large
               in
               opening
               the
               same
               points
               (
               where
               I
               have
               named
               no
               less
               than
               fifty
               eight
               errours
               on
               the
               Antinomian
               side
               and
               their
               fautors
               in
               the
               point
               of
               Justification
               and
               Imputation
               )
               that
               me
               thinks
               you
               should
               not
               so
               quickly
               call
               for
               more
               .
            
             
             
               69.
               
               And
               as
               to
               Mr.
               Fowlers
               Consectaries
               ;
               ch
               .
               20.22
               ,
               23.
               what
               would
               you
               wish
               more
               accommodate
               to
               an
               honest
               concord
               (
               which
               is
               our
               strength
               and
               beauty
               )
               and
               to
               the
               healing
               of
               deforming
               and
               destroying
               divisions
               ,
               than
               the
               practising
               of
               the
               motion
               ,
               that
               our
               union
               be
               placed
               in
               things
               necessary
               to
               Holiness
               ▪
               And
               whereas
               you
               think
               our
               Church-controversies
               concerned
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               your
               own
               mind
               ,
               because
               I
               know
               not
               you
               ;
               But
               as
               for
               my self
               ,
               you
               are
               not
               I
               hope
               so
               unreasonable
               as
               to
               expect
               that
               I
               plead
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Imposers
               of
               Conformity
               ;
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Non-conformists
               ,
               I
               think
               they
               have
               no
               dislike
               to
               his
               rule
               ,
               ch
               .
               23.
               how
               far
               we
               may
               comply
               with
               Rulers
               or
               Customs
               ,
               but
               highly
               approve
               it
               :
               whether
               they
               are
               in
               the
               right
               or
               the
               wrong
               ,
               I
               suppose
               you
               will
               not
               allow
               me
               to
               be
               judge
               :
               But
               you
               cannot
               sure
               be
               ignorant
               that
               they
               are
               so
               far
               from
               taking
               the
               things
               for
               indifferent
               which
               they
               refuse
               ,
               that
               they
               think
               it
               would
               make
               them
               guilty
               ,
               should
               
                 they
                 do
                 them
              
               ,
               of
               sins
               so
               many
               and
               so
               
                 very
                 great
              
               ,
               and
               for
               peace
               and
               the
               reverence
               of
               Superiors
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               now
               so
               much
               as
               name
               .
               And
               they
               take
               nothing
               to
               be
               more
               suitable
               to
               their
               principles
               about
               such
               things
               than
               Mr.
               Fowlers
               doctrine
               .
            
             
               70.
               
               To
               conclude
               ,
               undoubtedly
               Holiness
               is
               the
               life
               and
               beauty
               of
               the
               soul
               ;
               The
               spirit
               of
               Holiness
               is
               Christs
               Agent
               to
               do
               his
               work
               in
               us
               ,
               and
               our
               pledge
               and
               earnest
               and
               first
               fruit
               of
               Heaven
               :
               It
               is
               Christs
               work
               ,
               and
               subordinately
               ours
               ,
               to
               cleanse
               us
               from
               all
               filthiness
               of
               flesh
               and
               spirit
               ,
               perfecting
               Holiness
               in
               the
               fear
               of
               God.
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               Word
               ,
               the
               Ministry
               ,
               Mercies
               ,
               afflictions
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               are
               to
               bring
               home
               ,
               our
               hearts
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               work
               together
               for
               our
               good
               ,
               by
               making
               us
               partakers
               of
               his
               Holiness
               .
               Our
               Holiness
               is
               our
               love
               of
               God
               who
               is
               most
               Holy
               :
               And
               our
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Reception
               of
               his
               love
               ▪
               is
               our
               Heaven
               and
               everlasting
               Happiness
               ;
               where
               having
               no
               more
               sin
               to
               be
               forgiven
               ,
               
               but
               being
               presented
               without
               spot
               or
               wrinkle
               unto
               God
               ,
               we
               shall
               for
               ever
               both
               magnifie
               the
               Lamb
               that
               hath
               redeemed
               us
               ,
               and
               washed
               us
               from
               all
               our
               sins
               in
               his
               blood
               ,
               and
               made
               us
               Kings
               and
               Priests
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               also
               shall
               with
               all
               the
               holy
               Society
               ,
               sing
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               to
               the
               blessed
               Jehovah
               ,
               who
               is
               ,
               and
               was
               ,
               and
               is
               to
               come
               ;
               to
               whom
               all
               the
               Heavenly
               Host
               shall
               give
               this
               special
               part
               of
               praise
               for
               ever
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               all
               real
               Saints
               desire
               nothing
               more
               than
               holy
               Hearts
               and
               Holy
               Lives
               ,
               Holy
               M●gistrates
               and
               Holy
               Pastors
               ,
               Holy
               Churches
               and
               a
               Holy
               State
               ,
               Holy
               Doctrine
               ,
               Holy
               Worship
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Discipline
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               the
               People
               may
               indeed
               be
               Holy
               ;
               that
               true
               Reformation
               may
               make
               all
               the
               Churches
               of
               the
               world
               more
               Holy
               ,
               and
               their
               Holiness
               may
               win
               home
               the
               Infidels
               and
               Idolaters
               to
               a
               Holy
               conformity
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               the
               world
               may
               become
               all
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               God
               and
               of
               his
               Christ
               ;
               so
               all
               those
               Hypocrites
               that
               place
               their
               Holiness
               in
               Superstition
               ,
               &
               vain
               singularities
               in
               a
               Love-killing
               proud
               dividing
               zeal
               ;
               in
               bittern●ss
               against
               those
               that
               are
               wiser
               and
               better
               than
               themselves
               ,
               in
               making
               things
               to
               be
               sins
               ▪
               &
               duties
               which
               God
               never
               made
               so
               ,
               in
               new
               opinions
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               think
               highly
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               contemptuously
               of
               those
               that
               are
               not
               of
               their
               mind
               ;
               in
               dead
               imagery
               and
               cold
               formalities
               ,
               or
               hurtful
               pomp
               ,
               in
               names
               ,
               and
               words
               ,
               and
               shews
               ,
               and
               sidings
               ;
               in
               reproaching
               ,
               silencing
               ,
               and
               cruel
               handling
               ,
               all
               that
               dislike
               their
               carnal
               interest
               and
               way
               ;
               and
               wil
               not
               sell
               their
               innocency
               and
               salvation
               to
               humour
               them
               in
               their
               pride
               ,
               &
               comply
               with
               all
               their
               interests
               and
               conceits
               ,
               That
               think
               their
               Places
               ,
               their
               Parties
               ,
               their
               high
               professions
               ,
               do
               make
               those
               sins
               to
               be
               small
               &
               tolerable
               in
               them
               ,
               which
               God
               abhorreth
               in
               all
               others
               ;
               All
               these
               counterfeits
               ,
               Images
               or
               carkasses
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               are
               but
               the
               powerful
               cheats
               of
               the
               unholy
               ;
               and
               the
               portion
               of
               Hypocrites
               &
               Unbelievers
               shall
               be
               the
               same
               ,
               (
               though
               not
               perhaps
               in
               the
               same
               degree
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 
                   Aug.
                   24.
                   (
                   the
                   fatal
                   day
                   )
                   1671.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           What
           Happiness
           is
           ?
        
         
           
             Augustin
             .
             de
             Morib
             .
             Eccles
             .
             cap.
          
           3.
           
           Fol.
           1.
           pag.
           320.
           
           
             Beatus
             ,
             quantum
             e
             〈…〉
             o
             ,
             neque
             ille
             dici
             potest
             qui
             non
             habet
             quod
             amat
             ,
             qualecunque●●●
             ;
             neque
             qui
             habet
             quod
             amat
             si
             noxium
             sit
             ;
             neque
             qui
             non
             amat
             ,
             quod
             habet
             etiamsi
             optimum
             sit
             ;
             Nam
             &
             qui
             appetit
             quod
             adipisci
             non
             potest
             ,
             cruciatur
             ,
             &
             qui
             adeptus
             est
             quod
             appetendum
             non
             est
             ,
             fallitur
             ;
             &
             qui
             non
             appetit
             quod
             adipiscendum
             esset
             ,
             aegrotat
             :
          
           (
           He
           might
           have
           added
           ,
           
             Et
             qui
             non
             habet
             quod
             amet
             ;
             quia
             neque
             objectum
             habet
             beatificans
             nec
             actum
             )
             Quartum
             restat
             —
             ubi
             beata
             vita
             inveniri
             queat
             cum
             id
             quod
             est
             Hominis
             optimum
             (
             viz.
             Deus
             )
             &
             amatur
             &
             habetur
             .
          
        
         
           I
           take
           not
           him
           to
           be
           Blessed
           ,
           who
           hath
           not
           that
           which
           he
           loveth
           ,
           whatsoever
           it
           be
           ;
           nor
           him
           that
           hath
           what
           he
           loveth
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           hurtful
           ;
           nor
           him
           that
           loveth
           not
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           the
           Best
           ;
           For
           he
           that
           desireth
           that
           which
           he
           cannot
           get
           is
           tormented
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           getteth
           that
           which
           is
           not
           Desirable
           ,
           is
           deceived
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           desireth
           not
           that
           which
           should
           be
           gotten
           ,
           is
           sick
           .
           It
           remaineth
           therefore
           fourthly
           ,
           that
           a
           truly
           Blessed
           Life
           consisteth
           in
           this
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           is
           Best
           for
           a
           Man
           is
           both
           loved
           and
           enjoyed
           (
           which
           he
           proveth
           at
           large
           to
           be
           God
           alone
           .
           )
        
      
       
         
           What
           Holiness
           or
           Virtue
           is
           ?
        
         
           
             Id
             ▪
             ib.
             cap.
          
           15.
           
           
             Quod
             si
             Virtus
             ad
             Beatam
             Vitam
             nos
             ducit
             ,
             nihil
             omnino
             esse
             virtuiem
             affirmav●rim
             ,
             nisi
             summum
             Amorem
             Dei
             —
             &
             sic
             definire
             quatuor
             virtutes
             non
             dubitem
             ;
             ut
             Temperantia
             sit
             Amor
             integrum
             se
             prebens
             ei
             quod
             amatur
             :
             Justitia
             ,
             Amor
             soli
             amato
             serviens
             ,
             &
             propterea
             recte
             dominans
             ;
             Prudentia
             ,
             Amor
             est
             ,
             ea
             quibus
             adjuvatur
             ab
             eis
             quibus
             impeditur
             sagaciter
             seligens
             .
          
        
         
         
           That
           is
           ,
           [
           But
           if
           Virtue
           be
           the
           way
           to
           a
           Blessed
           life
           ,
           I
           will
           affirm
           that
           Virtue
           is
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           the
           chiefest
           Love
           of
           God
           —
           And
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           thus
           to
           define
           the
           four
           Virtues
           ,
           Temperance
           is
           Love
           ,
           delivering
           our selves
           intirely
           to
           our
           Beloved
           ;
           Fortitude
           is
           Love
           ,
           easil●●nduring
           all
           things
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           our
           Beloved
           ;
           Justice
           is
           Love
           ,
           serving
           our
           Beloved
           alone
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rightly
           governing
           our
           inferiors
           ;
           Prudence
           is
           Love
           ,
           skilfully
           differencing
           our
           helps
           from
           our
           hinderances
           .
           ]
        
      
       
         
           Holiness
           not
           Fanatically
           proud
           or
           aspiring
           .
        
         
           
             Id.
             ib.
             cap.
          
           12.
           
           
             Fit
             Deo
             similis
             quantum
             datum
             est
             ,
             dum
             illustrandum
             illi
             atque
             illuminandum
             se
             subjicit
             :
             Et
             si
             maximè
             ei
             propinquat
             subjectione
             istâ
             quâ
             similis
             fit
             longe
             ab
             eo
             fiat
             necesse
             est
             audaciâ
             ,
             quâ
             vult
             esse
             similior
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
        
         
           A
           man
           is
           made
           like
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           that
           degree
           that
           is
           granted
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           subjects
           himself
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           illustrated
           and
           illuminated
           by
           him
           :
           And
           let
           him
           come
           never
           so
           near
           Him
           by
           this
           subjection
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           is
           made
           like
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           that
           the
           Arrogancy
           ,
           of
           desiring
           to
           be
           liker
           to
           him
           (
           than
           is
           meet
           )
           will
           be
           far
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .